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Method for manufacturing rare-earth magnet

Granted 5 Jan 2016 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Toyota Motor

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Inventors: Noritsugu Sakuma, Kazuaki Haga, Tetsuya Shoji, Shinya Omura +2 · Examiner: Christopher Kessler

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Abstract

Provided is a manufacturing method of a rare-earth magnet with high coercive force, including a first step of pressing-forming powder as a rare-earth magnet material to form a compact S, the powder including a RE-Fe—B main phase MP (RE: at least one type of Nd and Pr) and a RE-X alloy (X: metal element) grain boundary phase surrounding the main phase; and second step of bringing a modifier alloy M into contact with the compact S or a rare-earth magnet precursor C obtained by hot deformation processing of the compact S, followed by heat treatment to penetrant diffuse melt of the modifier alloy M into the compact S or the rare-earth magnet precursor C to manufacture the rare-earth magnet RM, the modifier alloy including a RE-Y (Y: metal element and not including a heavy rare-earth element) alloy having a eutectic or a RE-rich hyper-eutectic composition.

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IPC · International Patent Classification
Section H — Electricity
  • H01F41/02
  • H01F41/00

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related publicationUS 20130195710 A11 Aug 2013

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